diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5cd27cd6..6ddc64e6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                pkg-config,
                libev-dev (>= 1:4.04),
                libyajl-dev (>= 2.0.4),
-               libpcre3-dev (>= 1:8.10),
+               libpcre2-dev,
                libstartup-notification0-dev (>= 0.10),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.14.4),
                libpango1.0-dev,